This was one of two mid-term elections in which the party of the incumbent President increased their number of seats in both the House and the Senate (the other such mid-term elections were in 1934). It was the sixth midterm election in which the President's party increased its number of seats in the House, after 1814, 1822, 1902, 1934, and 1998), and is the only midterm election since 1978 which left the President's party in control of the House.

Incumbent died September 28, 2002, but was posthumously re-elected, see below.New member electedNovember 30, 2002.Democratic hold.Winner was subsequently re-elected in a special election on January 4, 2003 for the next term.